Molecular Modeling and Protein Structure Prediction

Course content

Current developments in biology, nanotechnology, biotechnology and large scale DNA sequencing increased the role of protein structure prediction more important than ever. The objective of this course is to provide a background for the molecular biologist by outlining the principle concepts and limitations in 3D protein modeling. The available algorithms, programs and data banks used in modeling and protein structure prediction will be reviewed. More importantly methods to evaluate the performance of these algorithms and programs will be discussed as a new approach in modeling and structure prediction emerges almost every day.